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Date:      Tue, 23 Mar 2004 22:12:56 -0600
From:      Jason Dusek <jdusek@cs.uiowa.edu>
To:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Tastes Like Chicken
Message-ID:  <40610AC8.8030805@cs.uiowa.edu>

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Kevin Stevens wrote:

>
> On Mar 23, 2004, at 19:52, Jason Dusek wrote:
>
>> I'll guess I'll add to the Hoopla.  I'm a former Mac user, who was 
>> always deeply curious about the workings of his machine.  I have to 
>> say that I have yet to find in any other operating system the unique 
>> combination of instructional challenges and raw functionality that is 
>> offered by FreeBSD!
>
>
>
> ??  How is it any different than just running OS X in those regards?  
> You can run KDE/Gnome on X if you really want to.
>
> KeS
>
You really can't run GNOME on OS X - it's more like you can run them 
next to each other.  And there aren't nearly as many functional ports.  
And you don't have to set your IP address on a Macintosh.  I mentioned 
the unique *combination* of fuctionality and instructional challenges.

-- 

~*~* Jason




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